Complete Technique for Violin, Book 1

From the author of the popular ABCs of Strings method, Janice Tucker Rhoda's Complete Technique for Violin suits the advanced beginner to upper level student wishing to learn or improve left hand and right bow-arm skills. Starting in first position, and proceeding carefully through the higher positions, this method book uses studies and exercises to demonstrate specific technical ideas.  400 Exercises include 45 Musical Studies in Positions 1 through 5. Technique Highlights:*Worksheets for note-reading*Scales, arpeggios, broken thirds*Improvisational melodies*Double-Stops, chords, octaves*Harmonics*Hammock Swing left-hand andbow-arm technique*Bow balancing exercises*Ballet of Shifting exercises*Quick Finger exercises*Finger Substitution exercises*Left-hand pizzicato exercises*Teaching points throughout Read more